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Russia plans to approve world’s first COVID-19 vaccine in just two weeks – The Market Herald
In the 2020 equivalent of the Space Race, Russia has announced its first potential COVID-19 vaccine will be released as early as August this year.
- Russian scientists plant to inject frontline healthcare workers with a vaccine in just two weeks’ time
- A source told Reuters early human trials of the vaccine, which is being developed by a Moscow-based research facility, will be finished by August 3
- Phase III trials will then be launched, but Russian scientists plan to win local regulatory approval soon after to vaccinate healthcare workers by no later than August 15
- CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDI…
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